Carp Diem

There are several kinds of “hard days at work” when you work at a service desk. There’s the “Take large amounts of flak from management” day. There’s the “Spend three hours on the phone on the same issue” day. There’s the “I’m a bigwig and messed something up big time or forgot something important and need it fixed yesterday” day. And then there’s the “I, like, keep my job the same way I passed the 10th grade (-.^) and now I, like, need your, like, help?” day. -.- I had this kind of day today. They are tiring in that they are an extreme test of mental endurance, patience and politeness. While I understand that each problem is frustrating for the customer, sometimes I wonder why we don’t test for basic computer skills. Ya know, things like finding the print button to print? Clicking the OK button to OK something? Doesn’t sound like it would be too hard, but a few hours of these shenanigans can really make you wonder about the future of humanity.

I just couldn’t buckle down tonight and study – my mind already was fried out from work. Instead, I hung out with D and watched her play a little FF8 until Colin went to bed. After he was in bed, D decided to learn how to play Halo and joined me for the first mission. I was surprised that she even tried it, but even more surprised that she actually did rather well for not playing FPS’s at all. She had a hard time navigating and coordinating the look/move system at first, but she did just fine after the first couple of hallways.

Lastly, notice something different along the right side? Moat carp count missing? Something crossed out? After nearly three years, I’ve finally completed Joulet’s “The Competition” quest and got my Testimonial and Lu Shang’s Rod. If the FNLE I’m trying to get off the ground doesn’t, I know what I’ll be doing on Friday before Einherjar. :D